BLE PAwR (periodic advertisement with response) with Android smartphones

[Nathan O.]

Hello,

I am looking at PAwR feature of Bluetooth 5.4. I have a project where the one-to-many communication would be beneficial.

From my understanding, PAwR requires one device to act as a gateway that manages the time synchronization of my network.

Is it possible to use any nRF52 or an nRF5340 to act as gateway ?

Can we use any nRF52 or nRF5340 as a scanner that scans the periodic advertisement and may send data in sub event response slots ?

Is it possible to use an Android smartphone as gateway to manage a network of nRF52 / nRF5340 ascting as scanners ?

Regards.

[Kenneth]

Hello,

Please check out: Periodic Advertising with Responses (PAwR): A practical guide 

Kenneth

[Nathan O.]

Thanks.

Yes I read this before I posted.

There is nothing regarding smartphone support and no info on whether all nRF52 and / or nRF5340 support the features.

EDIT: I am afraid this functionality is not built to be used with smartphones and is designed only for ESL use case

[Kenneth]

The examples we have should be generic, and can be modified to whatever you like. But I must admit I don't know what support it is of phones yet, I can ask internally if someone know what is going on there.

Kenneth

[Kenneth]

Also, it should work on both nRF52 and nRF53, ref:
https://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF_Connect_SDK/doc/latest/nrfxlib/softdevice_controller/README.html#softdevice-controller 

Kenneth

[Nathan O.]

Thanks for the info on nRF52 and nRF53. If you could ask around for the Android side it would be great thanks.

[Kenneth]

The reply I got was that they have not seen anything related as of now for Android.

Kenneth

[Nathan O.]

And if I only used Periodic Advertising (without response then) and using Periodic Advertising Sync Transfer.

Would that be supported on smartphone side ? I could actually make my system work without the response side.

[Kenneth]

As far as I know, the team have not seen anything related as of now. I suggest to check with Android forums if you are interested in this feature.

Kenneth

[Nathan O.]

Thanks. I'll check over some Android forums then.